A Lake Ariel man wanted for the armed robbery of an NBT Bank office in Wayne County on Monday is likely in the Scranton area and may still be driving the stolen SUV he fled in after the holdup, state police at Honesdale said Friday.
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State Attorney General Josh Shapiro vowed Thursday the arrest of seven current and former Lackawanna County Prison guards charged with having sex with female inmates is the “opening chapter” of an effort to unravel the abusive culture that fostered that behavior.
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Former and current Lackawanna County Prison guards arrested this week for sexually abusing female inmates also were implicated during the 2011-13 investigation of another guard for abuse, but were never charged.
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A Lake Ariel man wanted for the armed robbery of an NBT Bank office in Wayne County on Monday is likely in the Scranton area and may still be driving the stolen SUV he fled in after the holdup, state police at Honesdale said Friday.
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BLAKELY — Red and white flowers and an angel figurine ringed a utility a pole on Main Street on Thursday, a memorial for a borough woman killed near the spot the night before. “To Donna, good bye my friend,” read a note pinned to a bouquet. Donna M. Wasil
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A Scranton man with a history of indecent exposure and corruption arrests involving girls in the Hill Section faces charges he exposed himself to four teens in the neighborhood last Friday and Saturday.
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SCRANTON - Police charged two city men with simple assault and harassment stemming from two separate incidents this week.

The victim, Dashawn Mitchell, and a witness told police Jamont Henry, 36, of 425 Depot St., Apt. 1, grabbed Ms. Mitchell when she got out of the SUV he was driving Monday afternoon. He then punched her in the face, took her to the ground and kicked her on the 1400 block of Vine Street, police said.

Police charged Keith Stephens, 45, of 1512 Olive St., on Tuesday, accusing him of hitting a woman several times in the face near Providence Road and Albright Avenue while she was holding a baby.

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